Ticket issuing and recording machine.



No. 886,748. PATENTBD MAY 5, 1908.

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TICKET ISSUING AND REGOBDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED APR.23. 1907.

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TICKET ISSUING AND RECORDING MACHINE.

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TICKET ISSUING AND RECORDING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1908.

Application filed April 23, 1907. Serial No. 369,872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM TYLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Geor ia, haveinvented certain new and useful mrovements in Ticket Issuing andRecording ilachines an'dT do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact descri tionof the invention,'such as'will enable 'ot ersskilled in the art to which it ap ertains to make and use the same,reference lieing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the lettersand figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention com rises a 'machine for printing, recording an issuingrailroad tickets, and is' designed for use in ticket offices and isdistinct from those machines which are carried on trains by conductors.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine for printingrailroad tickets from one general roll of stock ticket paper, to andesired point or station on any given'railroa and to simultaneouslyrecord each printed and issued ticket.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for obviating themaintenance of a store room where immense quantities of ready-printedtickets are kept, which tickets are prlnted to read from one particularstation to all of the stations, and each station in its turn to allother stations, which will be readily seen to require an enormous supplyof printed tickets.

Briefl stated, the objects aimed at are accomplis ed by providing aticket machine containing a rotatable drum or cylinder, carrying typebars so arranged that impressions may betaken from any particular typebar representing a specific station, on a blank form of ticket,validating the same by printing thefdayand date on said ticket, togetherwith the name of the oflice issuing the particular ticket.

Many variations in mechanical details may be em loyed instead of thosehereinafter described for carrying out my invention, therefore, I do notwish to limit myself to the exact details of construction illustratedand described herein. 1 deem it advlsable, however, to provide arotatable drum carrying ty e bars with raised type on one or two suiiasthereof, and a dial indicating the various stations along a rail-wayline to which tickets are issuable, together with the tarifi rate tosaid stations; a pointer fixed to the shaft of the drum and adaptable tobe moved to indicate a station, and means for printing from said typebars the destination of each ticket; means for simultaneously rintingthe destination of each ticket, togetli er with the tariff rate, on arecord roll which is stored within the machine for subsequentinspection; means for validating each ticket issued, and means forissuing each ticket after they are printed, recorded and validated.

For convenience, the machine illustrated 'in the accompanying drawings,is designed for issuing a straight one-way ticket; for a round-tripticket, it is only necessary to arrange the machine to take a doubleimpression, from, to, and return, from, to. The station from which theoriginal ticket is issued, is printed from a fixed type-bar in themachine, or can be printed on the stockticket roll, but the station towhich the ticket is issued, is left blank on a stock-ticket roll andprinted as required. It is not absolutely necessary to have any printingon the ticket form in advance, as all necessary data can be rinted froma fixed type-plate in the machine, with the destination, station andvalidating stamp movable.

Preceding a detail description of the invention, reference is made totheaccompanying drawings, of whiche- Figure 1, is a front elevation of'themachine. Fig. 2, is a side elevation partly in section. Fig. 3, is arear elevation. Fig. 4, is a section on the line y-y of Fig. 3. Fig. 5,is a section on the line ii of Fig. 2. Figs. 6 and 7-, are detail viewsof the upper laten and operating mechanism. Fig. 8, Sheet 7) is a rearelevation of the paper-feedin mechanism for the ticket. Fig. 9, (Sheet 8is a side elevation of the same. top plan view of the same. Figs. 11,and 12, are etail views of the ratchet mechanism of the paper-feedindevices for the ticket. Fig. 13, is a detai view of one of the paergripping wheels of the paper-feeding devices. Fig. 14, is a detailview of the mechanism which ejects the tickets from the machine. Fig.15, is a detail view of the mechanism for winding the record strip. Fig.16, is a detail view'ofthe ratchets for actuating the cam shaft throughwhich the platens are actuated. Fig. 17, is a detail of a portion of therevolving type-bar head with devices for retaining it in each indexedposition. Fig. 18, is a detail view of the mechanism through whichduplicate tickets are issued. Fig. 19, is a de Fig. 10, 1s a tailsectional view of the ty e-wheels, and the cooperating type-bars. igs.20 and 21, are illustrations of a ticket and a portion of a recordstrip. Fig. 22, is a detail view of the cutting devices by which thetickets are severed from the strip. Fi 23, is a detail of the mechanismwhereby t e type-bar settingbolt is released.

In a detail description of the invention,

similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts.

F mme-work.-The inclosing frame-work of casing is of suitable dimensionsand may be of any preferred design. As illustrated in the drawings, itconsists of a front plate 1 united to top and side plates 4 and a rearplate 2 with doors 2 and 2 through which access is had to the interiorof the machine through a lock 20*, the said frame-work being united to abase 4. The interior of the casing or frame-Work is divided by a artition 3 into two compartments as s 1OWI1 clearly in Fig. '2. Upon thefront wall of the casing there is arranged a dial stationary in form andcontaining two concentrically-disosed indicators or rows of indicators 7which indicate the various stations and the traffic rates thereto.

Type-bar setting mechanism.This mechanism is illustrated in itsassembled form in Figs. 2 and 5 of the drawing and consists of arotatable head 11, the hubs 10 of which have bearin s respectively, upona bushing 10 in the font wall 1 of the casing and upon the rearwardportion of the type-bar-indexing bolt 6. Inclosed within the bearing-10**- is a sleeve or bushing 8 which rovides a front bearing for thebolt 6 While t 1e casing or partition 3 provides a rear bearing for saidbolt. Fixed to the bolt 6 in front of the station indicator dial is'apointer 5 which is movable by hand to various positions to indicate thestations for which the tickets are to be issued in the movement of thispointer 5, the drum 11 is correspondingly rotated to bring the selectedtype-bar 18 to the desired osition from which it is moved longitudina lyinto a printing osition by means presently described. T ie type-bars 18are slidin ly mounted in the periphery of the rotatable head 11, andupon each of such type-bars the name of a station, together with thetariff rate thereof is arranged in raised printing characters. Thesetype-bars as will be seen in 5, are substantially T-sha e in crosssection and are slidin ly supporte( as before stated, in the rotatablehead 11 owing to this formation. Projecting from the inner side of eachof said type-bars is an arm 17, which, when a specific type-bar has beenindexed by rotating the head 11, is brought to a position to be engagedby the forked end of an indexing lever 14 which is bifurcated tostraddle the bolt 6 and is provided with trunnions 13 which project intoopposite sides of a grooved collar 12 which is fixed to said bolt. Theindexing lever 14 is fulcrumed upon a station ary arm 15 within therotatable head 11, said arm being mounted upon the sleeve or bushing 10hereinbefore referred to, as the forward bearing for the rotatable head.The selected type-bar 18 having been thus brought to a position to beengaged by the indexing lever 14, the latter is actuated by the inwardor rearward movement of the indexing bolt 6, and the said selectedtype-bar is moved into position for printing a ticket to the desiredstation. The ticket is illustrated in Fig. 20 (Sheet 9.) When eachtype-bar 18 is thus extended, it lies between and is supported uponguides 108 and 107 which are themselves supported upon the partitionplate 3. In this extended osition the type 116 on the upper face of t etvpe bar 18 is in printing alinement with the date printing wheels104105 and 106 which are otherwlse termed the validatin wheels. The uidebars 107 and 108, it wil be understoo serve as a common support for allof the type-bars 18, it bein understood that only one type bar isextended to the printing position at a time. The upper sides of theguide bars 107 and 108 are provided with suitable type 116 and 117 toprint any desirable matter to form a ticket. The validating type wheels104-105 and 106 are tele sco ed by means of sleeves 109 and 110 upon shat 11 1 which has its bearing in a side of the casing, also in a bracket107 and in an extended portion of the guide 107see Figs. 3 and 19.Further reference will be made to these validating-wheels and the meansfor indexing the same. Fig. 19, illustrates one of the type-bars 18moved to a printing position and supportedbetween the guide-bars 107 and108. The printing devices shown in this figure of the drawings printsthe ticket, w ile the type 117 on the lower side of the type-bar 18prints the name of the station and the fare rate on the record strip,which operation will be again referred to. Each of the type bars 18 hasa pin 19 projected from the front end thereof, which is engaged betweentwo plate s rings 20 and held in their inner positions w en the typebars are moved to their normal positions within the rotating head 11.The springs 20 are mounted u on the inner side of the rotating head. [herear end of the indexing bolt 6 is pointed and immediatel 'in the rearof said pointed end it is provi ed with a eripheral groove 25; when thebolt is moved rearwardly to index a selected ty e-bar 18 the pointed endthere of engages a atch 26 lifting the same and permitting said latch tointerlock with the groove in the bolt and the bolt is thus held inposition until released.

The retaining latch 26 is pivoted at 26 to a bracket 128 which issupported from the partition 3 and the rear wall 2 of the casing.

The upper arm of said latch 26 is engaged by a spring 27 suitablysecured and exerting pressure upon the latch to maintain it inengagement with the end of the indexing bolt 6. The pecu iar shape ofthe bracket 128 is more clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. Theprinting operation is next referred to in connection with the means forreleasing the indexing lever 6 from its rearward position where it isengaged by the latch 26. Carried upon the upper platen 76 is a trip orarm 28 which carries a pin :28

H which engages a pin 28 on the latch 26 and I lifts said latch thisengagement between the pins 28 and 28 occurs when the upper platen 76reaches the limit of its elevation and immediately after the impressionis made with the type devices shown in Fig. 19. The trip arm 28 iscontrolled by a s ring which holds it in its normal position. hen thelatch 26 is thus caused to release the index lever 6, the latter isthrown forward by the spring 16 coiled there-around and therewith thereviously indexed type-bar. The forward ange of the rotating head 11 isrovided with a series of recesses 21 into w ich a roll 22 drops totemporarily maintain the head in each indexed position. The roll 22 ison an arm 23 pivoted to the front wall of the casing and normallycontrolled by a spring 24see Fig. 17. It will be understood that whenthe rotatable head 11 is moved upon its axis, the interlocking roll 22jum s in and out of the recesses until the iea reaches the desiredposition.

Referring now to the means for indexing the validating wheels shown inFig. 19, and hereinbefore referred to, the telescopic shafts of thesewheels are extended on the exterior of the casin as shown in Figs. 1 and3, and are provided with indicator wheels 12-13 and 14 with characterscorresponding to those on the printing wheels, to-witthe months, thedates thereof and the years. These exterior indicator-wheels areinclosed within a casing 115 attached to a side of the main casing andhave suitable 'slots 115 therein for the fingers to engage knurledwheels adjacent to the indicator wheels and by which the indicatorwheels are turned to index the validating type wheels.

Pa ewfeeding mechanism for tickris.The roll 0 paper 106 is mounted in acage on the side of the casing and is carried into the machine betweenthe feed rollers 34 and 35. Secured to the partition 3 is a stationaryframe 36, said frame being secured by means of a flange 36. This framesu ports the jour nals 38 of the upper roller w iich has peripheralflanges 37 which grip the paper in the rotation of said roller. In Fig.9, the s ace between the upper feed roller 34 and t e lower roller 35 isclearly shown. The lower roller 35 is supported in an adjustable frame41 in dependent of the stationary frame 36, by

means of a screw 42, said screw extendingin the form of a rod 42 on theoutside of the casing where it is rovided with a knurled finger-piece42*, an( by which it is turned to adjust the position of said lowerroller. frame 41 extends downwardly at the. ends of the upper roller 34spanning the journals of the upper roller and extending in the form of aboss at its lower end to receivethe journals of the lower rollerseeFigs. 9 and 22. said lower roller is driven from the upper roller 34through gears 39 and'40. The upper roller 34 is rotated for eachissuance of a ticket through the following instrumentalities. at one enda ratchet wheel 46 which lies within a crown disk 43 which is loose uponsaid shaft and which carries a s ring-pressed pawl 47 which engages theratc let wheel.

Fixed to the outer face of the crown wheel or disk 43 is a spur wheel 44which is engaged by teeth on the upper portion of a rack bar 45 movablein guides 45 on the partition 3. tion 48 on its lower end which extendsthrough an opening in the artition 3- and is engaged by the end of aever 49 which is loose upon the main operating shaft 33; this shaft 33is given the necessary rocking movement from a crank handle 34 on theext-e rior of the casing and to be again referred to. Engaging the up erside of the lever arm 49 is a spring 50 w ich is wound around The i TheOn the shaft 38 thereof there is fixed This sliding rack 45 has aprojecthe shaft 33 and exerts a normal downward rack bar 45 is elevatedby a lever 53 which is forked at its end to receive a stud 52 proectingfrom the lower end of said rack bar and lying within the opening in thepartition 3. The lever 53' has one arm thereof connected with a coilspring 54 which exerts a normal pressure to move the lever upward. Thetension of the spring 50 exceeds that of the spring 45 so that when thefinger 51 has reached the limit of its movement and the lever arm 49 isagain given over to the influence of the spring 50 by the return of theshaft 33 to its normal position, and at which time the lower spring 54has caused an elevation of the rack bar, the said rack bar is moved downby the lever arm 49 and spring 50'and is given. the movement which feedsthe ticket strip. This movement causes the spur wheel 44 and the crownwheel 43 to move and the shaft 38 to be likewise moved by the engagementof the ratchet awl 47 with the wheel 46. It will be unrerstood wheelowing to the reverse movement of the gear 44 and the crown wheel ,43 andpawl 47. It will be understood that the downward or feeding movement ofthe rack bar 45 is sufficient to feed one length of the ticket stripsuitable for a ticket. The ticket strip 106 it will be noted in Fig.'22, passes beneath a guard 48 in entering between the roll and thencethrough a guide 84 to the underside of the up er platen 76, said paperbeing supported be low the platen by a guard 180.

U per platen mechanism.The above mec anism is shown more clearly onSheet 6. The upper laten 76 is movable in guides 77 in the partition 3by means of pitmen 78 and 79, the former of which is given suitable formto clear the inking rollers to be presently referred to. The lower endsof said pitmen are suitably connected to a yoke 81 extending from asliding frame 81 which moves on guides 82 fixed to the bottom plate 4*of the main frame or casing. Movable within the opening in the frame 81and engaging the lower surface of the .yoke 81 is a cam 83 fixed toshaft 68, the latter shaft being supported in bearings 68. Upon acomplete rotation of the cam shaft 68, the platen 1s drawn down, atwhich time the paper is carried with it to engage the printing devicesshown in Fig. 19. It may be here stated that the guide 180 below theplaten has suitable openings in it to correspond to the positions of thetype characters. In the ascending movement of the platen which is causedby the cam 83 engaging the yoke 81, the paper upon which the 1m ressionshave been taken, is carried upwar by the guide 180. It may be hereincidentally remarked that upon the completion of this upward movementof. the platen 76 the indexing bolt 6 is released from the retainer orlatch 26 hereinbefore referred to. has a continuous rotary-movementwhich is imparted to it from the rocking movement of the main actuatingshaft 33 through the followin mechanism: Referring to Figs. 2 and 16.ixed upon the cam shaft 68 is a housing 73 on the outside of which liesthe spur wheel 69 fixed to a one-tooth ratchet wheel 70 1 ing within thehousing, both spur and ratchet wheels being loose upon the'shaft, butworking together owing to their bein rigidly united. 71 designates aratchet paw mounted u on the interior of the housing 73 and norma yengagin the single tooth of the ratchet wheel 70 in w ich osition it isheld by aspring 72 also secure ;to the housing. Meshing wlth gear 69 isa transmission gear 74 which is actuated from a se ment gear 75 fixed tothe 'main shaft 33. 1e movement is imparted to the shaft 68 during thefor ward movement ofthe shaft 33 through the 54, the

, ticket is The cam shaft 68 lever 34"; this forward movement ofthelever 34 it will be remembered is the same movement which elevatesthe lever arm 49 shown in Fi 9 and hereinbefore referred to. During theorward movement of the operating lever or crank 34*, a com lete rotationof the cam shaft 68 is made. n the reverse or back movement of saidoperating lever or crank the cam shaft 68 remains idle owing to the awl71 riding over the eriphery of the ratchet 70. The shaft 68 aso actuatesthe lower laten and the type-inking mechanism' to be escribed underseparate heading.

T icket cut ofi mechanism-Referring to Fig. 22 on Sheet 7 of thedrawings, after the rinted, it is fed between guides 102-see Figs. 3 and14. 1 While lying within said guides the cutting operation takes placethrough the following devices: 87 is the upper member of a bracket whichis rigidly mounted on the partition 3 and the lowerportion of which isformed into a knife edge 87 cooperating with which is a movab e knifeedge 88 pivoted to the bracket at'89. The movable knife edge 88 isconnected by means of a link 90 to a lever 92fulcrumed. upon a bracket91 supported upon the opposite side of the partition 3. The extended armof said lever 92 has a cam surface 94 which is engaged by a roller 93 onan arm secured to the main operating shaft 33. The rearward movement ofthe. crank; or main operating lever-34 actuates the lever 92 and closesthe blade 88 to sever the ticket; it will be understood that theprevious forward movement of the forward operating lever permitted theblade 88 to open uponvits pivot by gravity, andwhile in such openosition the previously printed ticket was fe into a position to besevered;

I Ticket ejecting mechanism.-Thismechan ism is illustrated in Figs. 3and/14. After the ticket has been severed from the strip in the mannerand by the .means 'above de scribed, it is ejected from the machinebythe following mechanism. Mounted loosely upon the outertelescopic-shaft109 hereinbefore referred to in connection with the validating printingwheels, are 'ejectors 95 u on a sleeve 95; these ejectors 95 work in sots at ri ht angles to the guide 102 the guide 102 as been hereinbeforereferred to, and it may be here stated that the said guide lies in therear of the cutters 87 and 88 as shown in Fig. 22, and the ticket whensevered lies within said guide and is ejected from said guide in aosition at right angles to the direction in w 'ch it is fed into saidguide. When the main shaft 33 is rocked by the forward movement of themain operating lever 34, the releases the bolt 98 which is s dinglymounted in a bracket mountednpon the'pan tition wall 3. When the bolt 98is thus released a coil spring 99 thereon moves'said projection ,101"

ward end of the bolt 98 is a lever 97 having its fulcrum at 97 upon abracket secured to the opposite side of the partition 3. Pivotallyconnected to the lever 97 bya link 96 are the ejectors or arms 95, sothat when the bolt 98 is permitted to move rear-.

wardly under the influence of spring 99, the ejector 95 is moved to aposition to eject the ticket from the guide 102, such position beingindicated in dotted lines.

As the ejector is shown in Fig. 14, a ticket has just been ejected fromthe guide 102 into the incline chute 103, from whence it passes into thebasket 104 in the front of the machine as shown in Fig. 1. The ticket isthus ejected at the extreme end of the reverse movement of the operatinglever 34*.

Lower platen mechanism.The lower platen 84 is movable below the indextypear in guides 85 fixed to the base 4 and the partition 3. The lowerend of this platen is open to receive a cam 86 which is mounted upon thecam shaft 68 in a reverse position from that of the cam 83 for the upperplaten. This lower platen 84 bein thus actuated from the cam shaft 68,it wiTl be understood has its movement simultaneous' with the upperplaten. It will be further understood that the paper providing therecord strip from which the record as shown in Fig. 21 is printed, isunwound from roll 107 inclosed within a cage on a side of the machinebelow a guide roller 104, then over the lower platen 84 and under aguide roll 104 to the rewinding stud 116. The record strip it will beunderstood takes impressions from the type-bar alone, and from the typearranged from the lower side of said. typebar. The rewinding of therecord strip after the printing of each record is accomplished throughthe mechanism illustrated ratchet 118.

in Figs. 3 and 15. The rewinding stud 116 is mounted in bracket 117secured to the base of the machine, and U)0I1 said stud there is a disk116 which guldes the paper as rewound thereon. Intermittent movement isimparted to said stud from the main operating shaft 33 through thefollowing mechanism: 125 is a cam upon a hub which is fixed to the shaft33. Engaging the cam 125 in its rotation with the shaft 33, is aprojected end 124 of a lever fulcrumed at 123 on a bracket extendingfrom the base of the machine. The lever is bifurcated to receive the end120 of arm 121 which is loose upon the end of the stud 116 The arm 121carries a pawl 122 which enga es the ratchet 118 to intermittentlyrotate the stud 116. 119 is the retaining pawl for the The ratchet Wheel118 is mounted ,upon the projected end of the stud 116 and the retainingpawl 119 is mounted upon a stud projecting from the bracket 117*.

The 'ink'in mechanism.-This mechanism is more clear y illustrated inFigs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, where-there is shown ahorizontally-reciprocatin carriage 51 supported upon a guide 57 and r0here 53, therollers 53 being mounted upon a frame 54, the said rollerframe being mounted upon an extended portion'65 ofthe platen guide. Thecarria e 51 supports the two inking rollers 52, t e journals of whichare mounted in slots in the sides of the carriage and are subjected tospring 55 pressure to maintain them in suitable contact with the printincharacters. The upper roller 52 is of suita le length to apply ink toall of the type devices shown in Fig. 19 and which'have beenhereinbefore described, while the lower roller 52 is designed only toapply ink to the type characters on the lower sides of the type bars 18.The reciprocating movement of the carriage is'had from a lever 59 whichis connected at 58 to said carriage and has its fulcrum at 61. A spring60 exerts a normal pressure upon the lever 59 to maintain the carriagein the position shown in Fig. 4.

59 indicates an extension from the lever supporting a roll stud 62; thisroll stud is adapted to be engaged by a cam'63 fixed to shaft 64. Uponthis shaft 64 there is a'spur gear 66 which is engaged by a spur gear 67on the cam shaft 68. It will thus beseen that in the actuation of thecam shaft through the means hereinbefore described, the cam 63 will engae the roll stud 62 and advance the inking ro ler carriage to ink theprinting devices, and the lever 59 will return said carriage to itsinitial position as shown in Fig. 4. This operation of the inking rollercarriage takes place in the movement of the operating lever 34 in thedirection of the front of the machine. In other words, in the movementof the cam 86 from the position shown in Fig.

4, to the horizontal position in which it engages the upper portion ofthe platen frame 84, the inking roller carriage 51 is moved to aposition to ink the type characters and is returned to the positionshown in Fig. 1.

Mechanism for issuing duplicateticketa- As themachine has been thus fardescribed, it is apparent that in order to print and issue two ticketsto the same point of destination and in close succession, two com leteoperations of the indexingbolt 6 wou d be necessary, owing to theretaining latch 26 disengaging the bolt upon the upper movement of theplaten as hereinb'efore described. In order to obviate the necessity ofthese two separate operations of the bolt 6, in printing and tainer isheld in an operative position by a plate spring 131 which is mountedupon the rame or bracket 128, and the end of said spring is shaped toenter one or the other of t e notches 132 in the upper side of the re- Itainer and to thus hold said retainer in either of its two positions;one of said positions being that in which the end 130 thereof engagesthe head of the indexing bolt, and the other position being that inwhich said parts are ee from such engagement.

It will be understood that when the retainer 129 is interlocked with theindexing bolt, said bolt is held against the tension of its spring 16and the releasing of the latch 26 by the upward movement of the platen,as hereinbefore described, Will take place without affecting said bolt;this is the condition as long as the retainer 129 is permitted to remainlnterlocked with the head of the bolt.

Full stroke mechanism.Well known means for insuring the completeness ofeach 0 eration of the main actuating shaft is s own in Figs. 2 and 3 ofthe drawings, and consists of a segment ratchet 32 which is fixed to theshaft 33 in a depending position.

Adapted to engage the teeth of said ratchet, is an upwardly-pointingpawl 126 which is pivoted to one of the bearings 33 of the shaft 33 andis held in a vertical position by a s ring 127. The segment 32 on oneside of t e teeth is recessed in order to permit the pawl 126 to standin the vertical position as shown in Fi 2 when the ratchet is in oneposition. T e operation of this device is commonly understood. When theratchet segment 32 is initially moved to engage said pawl on one or theother edge of said ratchet, the movement must be continued until thefull extent of movement has been imparted to said ratchet.

Means for preventing the issuance of a mutilated ticket. This mechanismis illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, and comprises a lockingbar 29 which has a fulcrum on a stud 29 on the rear of the casing and isconnected with a link 30 at its outer end. The link 30 is pivoted at 31to the rear end of the sto bar 31 which is fulcrumed at 31 on a brac et31 attached to the partition 3. When the stop bar 31 is in its normalposition as in Fig. 2, it lies in a position to prevent an operation ofthe main shaft 33 owing to saidstop bar being in a position to engagethe ratchet segment 32. The inner end of the locking bar 29 liesnormally within the peripheral groove 25 on the inner end of the in-'dexing bolt 6. When the indexing bolt is pushed inwardly to index aselected type bar 18, the locking bar 29 is actuated by the taperedsurface of the groove 25 and is caused to move u on its fulcrum 29; thismovement likewise e evates the connecting link 30 and removes the stopbar 31 out of the path of the segment ratchet 32 and the machine maythenbe o erated.

It will e understood that in the event the indexing bolt 6 is movedinwardly sufiiciently to cause this operation of said locking bar 29 andits connections, but is not moved in sufficiently to complete theindexing movement of a type bar and is released, the tension of spring16 will return said indexing bar to its outer normal position and thelocking bar 29 and its connected arts to their normal positions as shownin ig. 2.

,An operation of the machine is briefly outlined as follows It beingdesirable to print and issue a given ticket for example,'a ticket tovisit Delmar, the index hand 5 is moved to the individual indicator 7 onthe dial as shown in Fig. 1. This movement of said hand correspondinglyrotates the head 11 carrying the tyfpe bars to bring the type bar forthat s eci e point in a position to be indexed. he indexing bolt 6 isthen pushed inwardly to move the selected type bar into printingalinement with the other rinting characters which have been previous yset, and said indexing bolt is engaged by the latch 26 and is held insuch position until released by the rise of the platen. The forwardmovement of the operating lever 34 inks the type characters and actuatesthe upper and lower platen to print the ticket; the reverse movement ofsaid operatin lever severs the (paper or ticket and ejects t e same andfee s the pa er for the next operation of printing a tic et.

I claim:

1. In a ticket-printing and issuing ma-- chine, a station dial, andpointer, a series of type bars rotatable in a body to brin a selectedtype bar into a position for furt er movement, means for moving saidselected type bar longitudinally after being moved to such position, andmeans for printing tickets from opposite sides of said type,bar, saidtickets containing duplicate im res pions of the points of destinationam the are.

2. In a ticket-printing and issuing machine, a dial upon which variousstations are indicated, a pointer adapted to indicate the stations onsaid dial, a series of type bars having printing characters on oppositesides, said type bars being rotatable in a body simultaneously with themovement of the indicator pointer to bring a selected type bar into aposition from which it is moved to a printing position, means for somoving said type bar, and means for printing tickets Y tickets.

from said type bar after being movedrto a printing position, saidtickets containing duplicate impressions of thepoint's of destinationand the fares.

3. In a ticketprintingv and issuing ma-,

chine, a dial upon which various stations are indicated, a series oftype bars" mounted upon.

the points of destination and the amount of the fare, and means forprinting such 4. In a-ticket-printing and issuing machine, a dial uponwhich various stations are indicated, a series of type bars mounted upona rotatable head and each of which contains printing characters onopposite sides cor.- responding with the indications on the dial, meansfor simultaneously indicating a selected station on the dial and movinga selected type bar to a position to receive further movement, means formoving said selected type bar to a position to print tickets showing induplicate the points of destination and the amount of the fare, andprinting devices for printing said tickets from the type bar after thelatter has been moved to its second position.

5. In a ticket-printing and issuing machine, a dial upon which variousstations are indicated, a rotatable head, a series of type bars mountedupon said head and each of which has printing characters on oppositesides for printing duplicate tickets, a pointer to indicate a selectedstation on the dial and to simultaneously rotate the head to bring thetype bar for said ticket in a position for further movement, meanscomprising a longitudinally-movable member adapted to move the selectedtype bar to a position to print tickets containingduplicate impressionsof the points of destination and the amount of the fare, and means foren aging the type on the opposite sides of' sait type bar to print suchtickets. g

6. In a ticket-printing and issuing machine, a dial upon which thevarious stations are indicated, a rotatable head, a series of type barsslidingly mounted in said head and each of which is provided withduplicate type, means for simultaneously indicating on the dial aselected station and for rotating.

the head to bring the type bar of such station into a position for afurther movement, means'for moving said type bar longitudinally to aposition to print tickets containing duplicate impressions of the pointsof destination and the fares, means for supporting said. type bar insuch position, and means for impressing the type bar from opposite sidesto print such tickets.

- 7 In a ticket-printing and issuing machine, a dial upon which variousstations are indicated, a rotatable head, a series of type bars eachhaving double printing characters corresponding with an indication onthe dial, a pointer movable to indicate a selected station on said dial,connections between said ointer and the rotatable head whereby said readis actuated during the movement.

of the pointer to bring a type bar to a po'si;

tion'from which it is further-rnoved means for imparting such movementtosaid type bar, and prmtmg devices engaging the opposite sides of thetype bar to print'tickets as shown. on the-indicating dial, such ticketscontaining duplicate impressions of the points of destination and thefare value.

8. In a ticket-issuing machine, a dial u on which the various stationsare indicatet ,a series of type bars rotatable in a bodyand containingtype characters on opposite sides corresponding to the stationsindicated upon the dial, a pointer adapted to be moved toa position toindicate a selected station on the dial and to simultaneously actuatethe ty e bars in a body to bring the type bar of the station indicatedto a position for subsequent movement to a printing position, means formoving said selected type bar to a printing position, and means forimpressin the type characters on opposite sides of sai bar to print aticket to the station indicated and a record of said ticket to beretained within the machine.

9. In a ticket-printing and issuing machine, a dial upon which variousstations are indicated, a series of type bars having printing charactersin duplicate thereon corre sponding to the stations on the indicator,means for simultaneously'indicating a selected station on the indicatorand moving the type bar thereof to ya position for further movement,means for imparting said further movement to said type bar, printingdevices for engaging said type bar on opposite sides to print a ticketfor the station indicated, and another ticket containin a duplicateimpression of said station and theamount of the fare, and means forsevering one of movement, means for longitudinally moving said type barto such furt ier position, printing devices for printing tickets fromsaid type bar after the latter has been so moved, means for storing oneof said tickets within the machine, and means for issuing the other ofsaid tickets from the machine.

11. Inarail-way ticket-printing and issuing machine, a dial containing aplurality of station indications, a plurality of type bars correspondingwith said station indications, means 'for rotating said type bars in abody to bring a selected one of said type bars into a position for asecond movement, means for simultaneously indicating the station of saidtype bar, means for imparting the second movement to said type bar, ,andmeans movable against said type bar after the latter has received itssecond movement and while it is stationary, and whereby a ticket isprintedfrom both sides of said type bar.

12. In a ticket-printing and issuing ma chine, a dial containing stationindications, a series of type bars mounted upon a rotatable head, eachof said type bars having duplicate printing characters on opposite sidesthereof, means for simultaneously indieating a selected station andmoving the type bar thereof to a position for a second movement, meansfor imparting a second movement to said. type bar to move it in advanceof the remaining type bars, and upper and lower printing devicessimultaneously movable and adapted to print a ticket from said. ty e baras shown upon the indicator.

13. n a ticket-printing and issuing ma chine, a dial upon which stationsare indicated, a pointerto indicate said stations,

type bars, means for rotating said type bars in a body, means for movingone of said type bars longitudinally after said type bars have beenrotated in a body, printing devices actuated to engage said ty )e barafter its longitudinal movement an to print a ticket therefrom, and.devices for validating said tickets. I V

14. In a ticket-printing and issuing ma chine, a dial upon which railwaystations are indicated, a series of individual type bars mounted upon arotatable head and each one of which has an individual longitudinalmovement, means for rotating said type bars to bring a selected one intoa position to receive such longitudinal movement, means for impartingthe longitudinal movement to said type bar, means for supporting saidtype bar in such position for-printing, and means for printing ticketsfrom said type bar when so sup orted.

15. n a ticket-printing and issuing ma chine, a dial upon which variousstations are indicated, a series of type bars having double printingcharacters corresponding to the indications on the dial, a rotatablehead u on which said type bars are mounted an in barits second movement,printing devices movable to said type bar and adapted to print ticketstherefrom, and means for returning said type bar to its normalpositionin the head.

16. In a ticket-issuing and recording machine, a series of printingdevices, a dial upon which are indicated the various stations as per theprinting devices, a pointer adapted to indicate the stations and toconcurrently move the printing devices thereof to their initialoperative positions, ticket-validating printing devices, means formoving the printing device of an indicated station in printing alinementwith said validating printing device, and means forprinting a ticketfrom said printing device and validating. device and making a recordthereof within the machine.

17. In a ticket-issuing and recording machine, a dial upon which areindicated the various stations, a series of type bars for printing'thenames of said stations and the tariff rates thereto, a pointer movableto positions to indicate a station and to move the type bar thereof to aposition from which it is subsequently moved, means" for imgarting suchsubsequent movement to sai bar to bring it into a printing position,tickets validating devices in alinement with said bar when the latter isso moved, means for printing tickets from said liar and devices and forstoring one of said tickets, means for severing said tickets so printed,and means for ejecting one of said tickets from' the machine.

18. In a railway ticket-printing and issuing machine, a dial upon whichvarious stations are indicated, a series of type bars havingduplicateprinting characters of the indicated stat-ions, a rotatablehead upon which said type bars are individually and slidably mounted,means for rotating said head to bring a selected type bar into positionto receive a further setting movement, means for longitudinally movingsaid type bar to a set p osition, ticket validating devices, and meansHIP-AM TYLEF Witnesses V. E. SATTERFIELI),

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for printing tickets from said ty e bar when 1 15 l

